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And we said to him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies:
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And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
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28 And he said to his brethren, My money is restored; and see [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done to us?
29 And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell them, saying,
30 The man [who is] the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
31 And we said to him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies:
32 We [are] twelve brethren, sons of our father: one [is] not, and the youngest [is] this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this shall I know that ye [are] true [men]: leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and depart:
34 And bring your youngest brother to me: then shall I know that ye [are] no spies, but [that] ye [are] true [men]: then will I deliver to you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
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